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KELVIR.B -- New Messenger worm is MEDIUM RISK

Secunia has just declared MEDIUM RISK on Kelvir.B and Symantec also shows a high prevelance of this worm. The Spybot version dropped as a part of a "two-in-one" virus is more damaging than the Kelvir worm in an unpatched corporate network.

KELVIR.B -- MSN Messenger worm MEDIUM RISK
http://secunia.com/virus_information/16006/

Other AV Vendors may use
http://secunia.com/virus_information/15994/
http://secunia.com/virus_information/16014/

W32.Kelvir.B is a worm that spreads through Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger and attempts to download and execute a variant of W32.Spybot.Worm.  

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# March 8, 2005 12:25 AM